Former Standard Group Employee Seeks Justice as Judgment Vanishes
Moses Baya on a podium at a past event.
By Kollea News Writer
A former Standard Group staff member who sued the company over unpaid dues is now seeking access to a judgment that was due four months ago.
The case number MCELRC/E0 79/2024, filed in January 2024 was fully heard before Employment and Labour Relations Senior Principal Magistrate Tom Mark Orlando and was scheduled for judgment on March 10, 2026. To date, no one can locate the judgment.
Moses Mweri Baya says he has been forced to turn to the Judiciary Ombudsman after all attempts to obtain the ruling failed. “I do not make allegations of misconduct lightly. However, the unexplained disappearance or non-delivery of a judgment, coupled with the prolonged silence from all parties involved, has eroded my confidence in the integrity and transparency of the judicial process,” Baya wrote in his letter to the Ombudsman.
The Ombudsman’s office responded swiftly, initiating a review and promising to get back to Baya as soon as possible.
Baya says the judgment was neither delivered in open court nor uploaded to the Judiciary’s electronic case management system, and the case still appears as active on the court platform. He further claims the verdict was not read on the scheduled date; instead, court staff indicated it would be uploaded to the CTS (court filing/records system).
In a June 9, 2026 internal email signed by an official who only identified himself as Isaac, the Office of the Judiciary Ombudsman acknowledged receipt of Baya’s complaint and pledged to follow up. The Judicial Service Commission also confirmed receipt of the complaint on July 2.
Baya’s lawyer, Turunga Ithagi, told Kollea News that the judgment was not delivered on the material day, despite all statutory fees having been paid and the case advancing to a full hearing.
Baya left the Standard Group in October 2023 after he took Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) package that was offerred by the company, having worked since 2005 as a camera operator. Hundreds of staff members who took the VER offer plus those who were terminated by Standard Group on accounts of redundancy in two rounds— December 2023 and August 2024— are demanding salary arrears and severance pay after the company failed to honor the payment plan it had issued them.
As the Ombudsman and the Judicial Service Commission review the matter, Baya remains hopeful that the judgment will be located, delivered, and made accessible—so he can determine his legal position, pursue an appeal if necessary, and enforce any favorable ruling.
